Remembrancer.



D. DONELAN. REMEMBRANCER.

APPJLIICATION men APR. 2|. 1911,

' Patented APR 9,1918.

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REMEMBRANCER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 21. I917.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

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DERMOT DONELAN, OF LONDON, ENGLAND.

REMEMBRANCER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 9, 1918.

Application filed April 21, 1917. Serial No. 163,679.

This invention relates to remembrancers,

or devices for preventing the misplacement and loss of fountain pens, pencils or other articles usually carried in the pocket or on the person.

The object of the invention isto remind the owner of a fountain pen or other article, by means of an audible or other signal, when the article has not been replaced in the pocket after use and the owner moves away from the position in which the article has According to case for the fountain pen or other article to be safe guarded is provided with mechanism for producing audible or other signals, which mechanism is controlled by the insertion and withdrawal of a pen or otherarticle in such a manner that while the pen is replaced in the case the signal mechanism is restrained from operating, but so long as the case is empty the signal mechanism is in a condition to be operated by the movement or vibration of the wearer. Thus, if the wearer omits to replace a fountain pen in its case after use and begins to walk away, the signal mechanism is operated immediately and the wearer is reminded of the misplaced pen.

The invention is applicable for use on a motor car or other vehicle subject to vibration, in which case a larger device could be the made than that intended to be carried in pocket.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is an elevation of one form of device the casing being in section, so as to disclose theinternal mechanism.

Fig. 2 is a plan corresponding to Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a side view partly in'section illustrating another form of device.

Fig. 4 being a plan. 7

Figs. 5 and 6 are elevations partly in section and a plan illustrating a further form of the invention. 7

Fig. 7 is an elevation partly in section illustrating a still further form.

In carrying out the invention according to one form suitable for example as a pocket ing pendulum of a pedometer.

the invention the pocket case for holding a fountainpen, and as illustrated by Figs. 1 and 2, the case 1 is fitted with a bell 2 and with a pendulum, hammer or striker 3 which is adapted-to oscillate whenever the wearer w.a1ks, in a similar manner to the action of the operat- The head 4 of the striker may comprise a steel or other casing filled with lead. The striker is pivoted at 5 and has a somewhat flexible arm 6 adapted to enga with a stop 7 which. may be adjustable. A spring 8 is secured at one end to the striker 3 and at the other end to a screw9 adjustable in a bracket 10 by a milled nut 11, the screw having a flat on it to prevent its rotation in the bracket which has a corresponding bore to receive it, permitting the screw to slide therein when the nut is rotated.

A pawl 12 is pivoted conveniently on the bell pillar 13, and hasone end 14 held in frictional contact with the head 4: by a spring 15, so long as chains 16, 17, are slack, thereby preventing oscillation of the striker. The head 4 may be provided with a notch or teeth to receive the end 14c to hold the head in an inoperative position. The chains 16, 17, connect the upper end of the pawl 12 to spring holders 18, 19, for a fountain pen '20 and a plug 21 respectively. The plug 21 may be connected by a cord 22 to a pair of spectacles or any other article usually carried on the person and apt to be mislaid.

The holders 18, 19, each have one side fixed to the casing 1 by brazing, riveting or otherwise, while the other side to which the chain 16 or 17 is connected is free to move under its own elasticity. The arrangement is such that when the pen 20 and plug 21 are in the holders the springy sidesof the holders are forced away from the fixed sides and the chains 16, 17, are slackened, but when either the pen 20 or the plug 21 is removed, the respective holder contracts and tightens the corresponding chain 16 or 17, moves the pawl 12 about its pivot and disengages the end 14 of the pawl 12 from the head 4 of the striker. So long as the wearer is still the signal does not operate, but should the wearer move away without replacing the pen or plug, as the case-may be, the striker immediately oscillates and striking the hell 2 produces an audible signal to remind the wearer to replace the pen or'plug.

It will be understood that any desired number of holders such as 19 may be provided according to the size of the apparatus,

the plugs forthe various holders being connected to the articles to be safeguarded 5 by cords, chains or in any other convenient way, or the supplementary holders-may. be

shaped so as to receive the articles as in the case of the pen.

In the form shown in Figs. 3 and a the en 20 is carried in a clip 25 outside the casing 1, and is connected by a cord 22 to one of series of plugs 21, there being six holders 19 for plugs 21 representingvarious articles to be remembered to whiclrthegplugs are connected by cords-22. All the plugs are connected by cords or chains 17 to the pawl l2vcontrollingthe signal mechanism.

l'ntheform illustrated'by Figs. 5 and 6,

a bent steel strip 26 is adopted in place. of a bell to emit the audible signal, the end 27 of the strip being secured to the casing 1 and the remainder of the. strip being free so that when a projection 28 is struck by the hammer a of the vibrating element the .strip will vibrate somewhat like a tuning fork. The vibrating element comprises par allel links 8, 3, pivoted at 5, 5, tothe casing 1, and at 29, 29, to the hammers. 'A wire spring 8 has one arm 30 embracing one of 30 the links 3,.is wound around one, of thepivots 5, and has .another arm 31 abutting against a pin .32. The strip 26 acts as a holder for the pen 20. When the pen isinserted it presses back a spring 33 which en- 35 gages with a pin 35% on the upper pair of links 3, and arrests motion thereof and therefore of the hammer )4, and when the pen is ivithdrawnthe spring 33 moves away from the pin 34 and so'leaves the links 3 40 and therefore the vibrating element free to oscillate.

In the form shown in Fig.7 a helically coiled metal strip 35 is adopted in place of the strip 26. In this form the parts are similarly lettered to the corresponding parts in Figs. 5 and 6. Thespring 33 has a pin which engages with the lower pair of links 3, when the pen is inserted and recedes from saidlinks whenthe pen is withso dravvn. Qtherwise the action is similar to that of the last mentioned form of the invention. 1t is to be understood that the strips26 and 35 are the equivalents tothe lbell2 asregards sound emitting means and 515 -.the. t erm bell used in the claims is to be used in, this sense.

r.@1aim= 1. A remembrancer comprising a casing before set forth.

fitted with means for engaging an article nserted nsa dcaslng, and a signaling device adapted tO'be operated by vibration of said casing, said article engaging means beprising an audible signal and a striker adapted to be oscillated by vibration of said casing, said article engaging -means being adapted to arrest and to release said striker when an article is inserted in and removed therefrom, substantially .as and fOl'iiZhG purpose hereinbe'fore set forth.

3. A remem'brancer' comprising a casing for receiving a pen, said casingbeing fitted with an audible signaling device, and an element for operating same, means for arrestingand releasing said'element, said arresting and releasing means being adapted to be operated by the'insertion and with drawalof an article in and from said casing, substantially as and for the purpose herein- 4. A remembrancer comprising a casing, an audible signalingdevice in the casing, an element for striking the signaling device, means for arresting and releasingsaid element, said arresting and releasing means being operable by the insertion and withdrawalof an article in and from the casing, substantiallyas and for the purpose hereinbefor'e set forth.

5. Aremembrancer comprising a casing,

' said casing beingfitted with a signaling element adapted to form also a holder for a ,pen, a vibrating element comprising parallel links, and a'hammer for striking the signaling element, and means for arresting and releasing sa1d vibrating element, sa1d arrest ng and releaslng means being operable by the insertion and withdrawal of a pen ,in and from said holder, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my ,name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. I

V DEnMoT' ,DONELAN.

itnesses Copies ,Qf this patent may be obtained forifive cents each, by addressing the f commissioner .oflatents,

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